| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Richard Neal (fresh) SG - Terrence Edwards (fresh) SF - Ricky Marrs (fresh) PF - Victor Blasingame (fresh) C - Paul Haynes (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Luis Gillett (fresh) SG - Stanley Shimer (fresh) SF - Arnold Logan (fresh) PF - Robert Sand (fresh) C - Barry Morgan (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | Victor Blasingame wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:47 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Stanley Shimer - foul #1 on Stanley Shimer, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:47 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards makes the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:47 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards makes the 2nd free throw | 2-0 |
| 19:31 | Northern Iowa | Luis Gillett is hacked by Terrence Edwards - foul #1 on Terrence Edwards, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 19:12 | Northern Iowa | Stanley Shimer misses short on a floater from the left side | 2-0 |
| 19:11 | West Virginia | Victor Blasingame grabs the board | 2-0 |
| 19:05 | West Virginia | Victor Blasingame's floater is knocked away by Robert Sand | 2-0 |
| 19:04 | West Virginia | Victor Blasingame tips it back up and in | 4-0 |
| 19:00 | Northern Iowa | Luis Gillett drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Barry Morgan | 4-3 |
| 18:45 | West Virginia | Arnold Logan steals it from Richard Neal | 4-3 |
| 18:41 | Northern Iowa | Arnold Logan misses the easy layup | 4-3 |
| 18:39 | Northern Iowa | Barry Morgan gets the offensive rebound | 4-3 |
| 18:34 | Northern Iowa | Victor Blasingame takes the ball from Barry Morgan | 4-3 |
| 18:30 | West Virginia | Arnold Logan takes the ball from Richard Neal | 4-3 |
| 18:14 | Northern Iowa | Robert Sand knocks in the 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Luis Gillett | 4-6 |
| 17:55 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards is called for traveling | 4-6 |
| 17:44 | Northern Iowa | Stanley Shimer misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 4-6 |
| 17:43 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Richard Neal | 4-6 |
| 17:39 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards misses the driving attempt from the baseline | 4-6 |
| 17:38 | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs tips it back up and in | 6-6 |
| 17:14 | Northern Iowa | Stanley Shimer misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 6-6 |
| 17:12 | West Virginia | Paul Haynes snags the defensive board | 6-6 |
| 17:10 | West Virginia | Luis Gillett is called for the reach on Richard Neal in the backcourt - foul #1 on Luis Gillett, team foul #2 | 6-6 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs (SG), Clyde Lane (SF), Lee Belmonte (PF), Randy Fralick (C) Terrence Edwards, Ricky Marrs, Victor Blasingame, Paul Haynes | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| 17:01 | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Jonathan Griggs, team foul #2 | 6-6 |
| 16:50 | Northern Iowa | Robert Sand is whistled for traveling | 6-6 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Kenneth Stewart (SG) Richard Neal | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Brian Gray (SF) Arnold Logan | |
| 16:34 | West Virginia | Luis Gillett steals it from Kenneth Stewart | 6-6 |
| 16:29 | Northern Iowa | Brian Gray lays it up and in set up by Luis Gillett | 6-8 |
| 16:15 | West Virginia | Kenneth Stewart misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 6-8 |
| 16:13 | Northern Iowa | Brian Gray grabs the defensive rebound | 6-8 |
| 15:56 | Northern Iowa | Robert Sand misses short on a turnaround from the right block | 6-8 |
| 15:55 | Northern Iowa | Barry Morgan tips it home | 6-10 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Jonathan Griggs (fresh) SG - Kenneth Stewart (fresh) SF - Clyde Lane (fresh) PF - Lee Belmonte (fresh) C - Randy Fralick (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Luis Gillett (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Stanley Shimer (fairly fresh) SF - Brian Gray (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Robert Sand (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Barry Morgan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:38 | West Virginia | Lee Belmonte loses the ball out of bounds | 6-10 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Neal (PG), Terrence Edwards (SG), Ricky Marrs (SF), Victor Blasingame (PF) Jonathan Griggs, Kenneth Stewart, Clyde Lane, Randy Fralick | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | John Villela (PG), Albert Hall (SG), Arnold Logan (SF), John Wynn (C) Luis Gillett, Stanley Shimer, Robert Sand, Barry Morgan | |
| 15:21 | Northern Iowa | Albert Hall misses the jumper from the right wing | 6-10 |
| 15:19 | West Virginia | Lee Belmonte pulls down the rebound | 6-10 |
| 15:15 | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs clanks a 3 from straight away | 6-10 |
| 15:13 | Northern Iowa | Brian Gray gets the rebound | 6-10 |
| 14:57 | Northern Iowa | Albert Hall is fouled on the floor by Terrence Edwards - foul #2 on Terrence Edwards, team foul #3 | 6-10 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs (SG), Paul Haynes (C) Terrence Edwards, Lee Belmonte | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| 14:45 | Northern Iowa | Brian Gray can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 6-10 |
| 14:43 | Northern Iowa | John Wynn grabs the offensive board | 6-10 |
| 14:26 | Northern Iowa | Brian Gray blows the layup | 6-10 |
| 14:25 | Northern Iowa | The offensive rebound goes to Albert Hall | 6-10 |
| 14:07 | Northern Iowa | Albert Hall misses long on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 6-10 |
| 14:05 | Northern Iowa | Arnold Logan gets the offensive rebound | 6-10 |
| 13:48 | Northern Iowa | Arnold Logan misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 6-10 |
| 13:46 | West Virginia | Victor Blasingame grabs the board | 6-10 |
| 13:41 | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 6-10 |
| 13:40 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Brian Gray | 6-10 |
| 13:17 | Northern Iowa | Ricky Marrs steals it from Albert Hall | 6-10 |
| 13:14 | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs hits the finger roll | 8-10 |
| 12:58 | Northern Iowa | Albert Hall hits a jumper from just outside the lane and he's hacked by Paul Haynes - foul #1 on Paul Haynes, team foul #4 | 8-12 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Kenneth Stewart (SG), Clyde Lane (SF), Lee Belmonte (PF), Randy Fralick (C) Jonathan Griggs, Ricky Marrs, Victor Blasingame, Paul Haynes | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Stanley Shimer (SG), Robert Engelberg (SF), Robert Sand (PF), Barry Morgan (C) John Villela, Arnold Logan, Brian Gray, John Wynn | |
| 12:58 | Northern Iowa | Albert Hall makes the free throw | 8-13 |
| 12:43 | West Virginia | Clyde Lane is hacked by Barry Morgan - foul #1 on Barry Morgan, team foul #3 | 8-13 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Luis Gillett (PG) Albert Hall | |
| 12:29 | West Virginia | Richard Neal comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 8-13 |
| 12:27 | Northern Iowa | Robert Engelberg gets the rebound | 8-13 |
| 12:09 | Northern Iowa | Stanley Shimer is hacked by Kenneth Stewart - foul #1 on Kenneth Stewart, team foul #5 | 8-13 |
| 11:49 | Northern Iowa | Randy Fralick takes the ball from Robert Engelberg | 8-13 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Richard Neal (fairly fresh) SG - Kenneth Stewart (fresh) SF - Clyde Lane (fresh) PF - Lee Belmonte (fresh) C - Randy Fralick (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Luis Gillett (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Stanley Shimer (fresh) SF - Robert Engelberg (fresh) PF - Robert Sand (fresh) 3 pts. C - Barry Morgan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:20 | West Virginia | Kenneth Stewart drills a jump hook from close range set up by Richard Neal | 10-13 |
| 11:12 | Northern Iowa | Luis Gillett misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 10-13 |
| 11:11 | Northern Iowa | Robert Sand snags the offensive board | 10-13 |
| 11:02 | Northern Iowa | Robert Sand hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing | 10-13 |
| 11:00 | Northern Iowa | Luis Gillett tips it back up and in | 10-15 |
| 10:58 | West Virginia | Richard Neal throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 10-15 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs (PG), Ricky Marrs (SF), Alex Munn (PF), Paul Haynes (C) Richard Neal, Clyde Lane, Lee Belmonte, Randy Fralick | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | John Villela (SF) Robert Engelberg | |
| 10:42 | Northern Iowa | John Villela double dribbles | 10-15 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Brian Gray (SF) John Villela | |
| 10:22 | West Virginia | The jump hook by Alex Munn is blocked by Barry Morgan | 10-15 |
| 10:20 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Paul Haynes | 10-15 |
| 10:06 | West Virginia | Robert Sand picks off the pass by Paul Haynes | 10-15 |
| 09:50 | Northern Iowa | Robert Sand scores on a jumpshot from the right side | 10-17 |
| 09:27 | West Virginia | Kenneth Stewart hits a 3 from straight away on a great pass from Jonathan Griggs | 13-17 |
| 09:12 | Northern Iowa | Stanley Shimer is whistled for a carry | 13-17 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Neal (PG), Clyde Lane (SF), Victor Blasingame (PF), Randy Fralick (C) Kenneth Stewart, Ricky Marrs, Alex Munn, Paul Haynes | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | John Villela (PG), Albert Hall (SG), Arnold Logan (SF), John Wynn (C) Luis Gillett, Stanley Shimer, Robert Sand, Barry Morgan | |
| 08:56 | West Virginia | John Villela is called for the reach on Clyde Lane - foul #1 on John Villela, team foul #4 | 13-17 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Walter Martinson (C) Brian Gray | |
| 08:44 | West Virginia | Clyde Lane misses the fadeaway from the left block | 13-17 |
| 08:42 | Northern Iowa | Albert Hall pulls down the rebound | 13-17 |
| 08:26 | Northern Iowa | John Villela throws a bad pass out of bounds | 13-17 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lee Belmonte (C) Jonathan Griggs | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| 08:10 | West Virginia | Walter Martinson blocks the short jumper by Randy Fralick | 13-17 |
| 08:09 | Northern Iowa | Arnold Logan gets the rebound | 13-17 |
| 07:49 | Northern Iowa | Arnold Logan misses the lay-in but the foul's on Victor Blasingame - foul #1 on Victor Blasingame, team foul #6 | 13-17 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs (SF) Randy Fralick | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Luis Gillett (PG), Robert Sand (PF), Barry Morgan (C) Albert Hall, John Wynn, Walter Martinson | |
| 07:49 | Northern Iowa | Arnold Logan makes the 1st free throw | 13-18 |
| 07:49 | Northern Iowa | Arnold Logan makes the 2nd free throw | 13-19 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Richard Neal (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Clyde Lane (fresh) SF - Ricky Marrs (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Victor Blasingame (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Lee Belmonte (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Luis Gillett (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Villela (fresh) SF - Arnold Logan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Robert Sand (fresh) 5 pts. C - Barry Morgan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:31 | West Virginia | Victor Blasingame can't connect on a shot from the left block | 13-19 |
| 07:30 | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs hits the follow up shot | 15-19 |
| 07:22 | Northern Iowa | Robert Sand hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 15-19 |
| 07:21 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Lee Belmonte | 15-19 |
| 07:15 | West Virginia | Lee Belmonte hits the front of the rim on the shot from the baseline but he's hacked by Barry Morgan - foul #2 on Barry Morgan, team foul #5 | 15-19 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Paul Haynes (C) Victor Blasingame | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Stanley Shimer (SG), Brian Gray (C) John Villela, Barry Morgan | |
| 07:15 | West Virginia | Lee Belmonte makes the 1st free throw | 16-19 |
| 07:15 | West Virginia | Lee Belmonte misses the 2nd free throw | 16-19 |
| 07:15 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Brian Gray | 16-19 |
| 06:57 | Northern Iowa | Brian Gray misses the lay-in | 16-19 |
| 06:56 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Lee Belmonte | 16-19 |
| 06:51 | West Virginia | Richard Neal misses badly on a jumper from the right block | 16-19 |
| 06:50 | Northern Iowa | Robert Sand grabs the board | 16-19 |
| 06:28 | Northern Iowa | Robert Sand lays it in | 16-21 |
| 06:11 | West Virginia | Clyde Lane is hacked by Arnold Logan - foul #1 on Arnold Logan, team foul #6 | 16-21 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs (PG), Kenneth Stewart (SG), Randy Fralick (SF), Victor Blasingame (PF) Richard Neal, Clyde Lane, Ricky Marrs, Lee Belmonte | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | John Wynn (C) Arnold Logan | |
| 05:57 | West Virginia | Randy Fralick can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 16-21 |
| 05:55 | Northern Iowa | John Wynn gets the rebound | 16-21 |
| 05:46 | Northern Iowa | John Wynn misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Paul Haynes - foul #2 on Paul Haynes, team foul #7 | 16-21 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs (SF) Paul Haynes | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | John Villela (SG), Walter Martinson (C) Stanley Shimer, Robert Sand | |
| 05:46 | Northern Iowa | John Wynn misses the 1st free throw | 16-21 |
| 05:46 | Northern Iowa | John Wynn makes the 2nd free throw | 16-22 |
| 05:23 | West Virginia | Victor Blasingame connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Randy Fralick | 19-22 |
| 04:58 | Northern Iowa | John Wynn hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway in the paint | 19-22 |
| 04:56 | West Virginia | Randy Fralick gets the rebound | 19-22 |
| 04:51 | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs clanks a jumper in the paint but he's fouled by Brian Gray - foul #1 on Brian Gray, team foul #7 | 19-22 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Neal (PG), Alex Munn (C) Ricky Marrs, Randy Fralick | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Stanley Shimer (SG) Brian Gray | |
| 04:51 | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs makes the 1st free throw | 20-22 |
| 04:51 | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs misses the 2nd free throw | 20-22 |
| 04:51 | Northern Iowa | John Wynn gets the rebound | 20-22 |
| 04:30 | Northern Iowa | Richard Neal steps in front of the John Wynn pass | 20-22 |
| 04:27 | West Virginia | Richard Neal slams it home | 22-22 |
| 04:10 | Northern Iowa | John Villela can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 22-22 |
| 04:09 | Northern Iowa | Walter Martinson hits the follow up shot | 22-24 |
| 03:50 | West Virginia | Luis Gillett steps in front of the Jonathan Griggs pass | 22-24 |
| 03:47 | Northern Iowa | Stanley Shimer hits the finger roll set up by Luis Gillett | 22-26 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Richard Neal (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Stewart (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Jonathan Griggs (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. PF - Victor Blasingame (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Alex Munn (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Luis Gillett (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Stanley Shimer (fresh) 2 pts. SF - John Villela (fresh) PF - John Wynn (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Walter Martinson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:42 | West Virginia | Richard Neal clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 22-26 |
| 03:41 | Northern Iowa | Walter Martinson snags the defensive board | 22-26 |
| 03:22 | Northern Iowa | John Wynn knocks in the shot in the lane on a great pass from John Villela | 22-28 |
| 02:59 | West Virginia | Kenneth Stewart hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane | 22-28 |
| 02:57 | Northern Iowa | Luis Gillett grabs the board | 22-28 |
| 02:38 | Northern Iowa | John Wynn drills a driving attempt from close range | 22-30 |
| 02:29 | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs is hacked by John Wynn - foul #1 on John Wynn, team foul #8 | 22-30 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards (SG), Ricky Marrs (SF), Lee Belmonte (PF), Paul Haynes (C) Richard Neal, Kenneth Stewart, Victor Blasingame, Alex Munn | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Albert Hall (PG), Robert Engelberg (SG), Arnold Logan (SF), Robert Sand (PF), Barry Morgan (C) Luis Gillett, Stanley Shimer, John Villela, John Wynn, Walter Martinson | |
| 02:29 | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs makes the 1st free throw | 23-30 |
| 02:29 | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs misses the 2nd free throw | 23-30 |
| 02:29 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Barry Morgan | 23-30 |
| 02:07 | Northern Iowa | Barry Morgan knocks in the floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Albert Hall | 23-32 |
| 01:48 | West Virginia | Paul Haynes misses short on a floater from the left wing but the foul's on Robert Engelberg - foul #1 on Robert Engelberg, team foul #9 | 23-32 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Clyde Lane (PG) Jonathan Griggs | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| 01:48 | West Virginia | Paul Haynes misses the 1st free throw | 23-32 |
| 01:48 | West Virginia | Paul Haynes makes the 2nd free throw | 24-32 |
| 01:28 | Northern Iowa | Barry Morgan misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 24-32 |
| 01:27 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Lee Belmonte | 24-32 |
| 01:23 | West Virginia | Barry Morgan blocks the short jumper by Terrence Edwards | 24-32 |
| 01:21 | Northern Iowa | Arnold Logan grabs the board | 24-32 |
| 01:03 | Northern Iowa | Albert Hall is fouled on the floor by Clyde Lane - foul #1 on Clyde Lane, team foul #8 | 24-32 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Neal (PG) Clyde Lane | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| 01:03 | Northern Iowa | Albert Hall makes the 1st free throw | 24-33 |
| 01:03 | Northern Iowa | Albert Hall makes the 2nd free throw | 24-34 |
| 00:56 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards can't connect on a floater from the free throw line | 24-34 |
| 00:54 | West Virginia | Lee Belmonte gets the offensive rebound | 24-34 |
| 00:39 | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 24-34 |
| 00:37 | West Virginia | Richard Neal hits the follow up shot | 26-34 |
| 00:24 | Northern Iowa | Robert Sand hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 26-34 |
| 00:23 | West Virginia | Paul Haynes gets the rebound | 26-34 |
| 00:18 | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 26-34 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Randy Fralick (PF), Alex Munn (C) Lee Belmonte, Paul Haynes | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Luis Gillett (PG), Stanley Shimer (SG) Albert Hall, Robert Engelberg | |
| 00:00 | Northern Iowa | Stanley Shimer makes the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 26-36 |